The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
WOMAN AGAINST MIN.
And. n Matter of Course, the Woman Won
-She Usually Does In Such Cnses.

And Matter OF Course, tine woman w on
-She Usually Does In Such Cases.
From the Chicago Herald
An honest German resident Of one OF the
eastern streets boarded q street car with q
huge basket Of marketing, and rode comfortably
to Broadway, sole occupant. When she reached
the side door of well-known dry goods store
the vehicle came only partially to halt for q
stylish young woman. who sprang with the
Gamencss Of II newsboy upon the rear platform.
The car went across Broadway with bounce
and struck the crowded German settlement
woman surveyed tho richly apparelled passen.
ger, and thought she had never seen anything
80 lovely as that glistening jet hat, from which
Eical monstrosity: "olein gracious" unused she.
"das list herrlich." and she inspected the mar
skirt. All this while the object OF the old
woman's admiration was studying with anx-
ious eyes the rear OF the car. from which she
going slowly rs tho car Stacked. and increas
IDENTITY the movements OF this wagon gave the
lady great uneasineSs. But once. as she with.
held her gaze from tho fascinating pursuer, It
checked blue apron. and the high colored plaid
wool shawl on tho shoulders OF tho matron'
My dear woman" said she. in hurried
man housewife looked suspiciously at the fine
lady II want N, to got out Of the car without
Veil. get oud." responded tho other stoidly.
II want you to chunGe things with me. Give
ne 1Hsn thar ha: YOU have on. and you take mine.
"Ya. Ich will" exclaimed the woman.
~. And your shawl, and your big apron. and
Thought the German Tor, AN woman woman: I'm with
take ySar st ha %o maa ds Ss
door, so that the bright bud will show" The
soon enve!oped the shoulders Of tho lady, the
big light apron alm9st copcealed tho rich silk
Sae upon the bssao sayy
market woman, our. young lady thrust a dollar
into her hand " to buy another basket She
broadway, and out she climbed. Tho big
bonnet shielded her face, the, little shawl COW
cred herr, shoulders, and tho checked apron her
ried on tho side next the overlooking carriage,
whoss yigilant driver watched from behind u
truck the exodus of the market woman. Then
n beacon light above tho glistening jet red
wrap that covered tho shoulders of his spot
ted lady in the. car. TO that carefully watched
party h? kept his eyes fastened and MS the car
waited further Developments.
with bundles; Our friend in The buggy grew
aslonder, graceful figure no beheld u clumsy
old woman, on whose frowsy head was set the
fatal plumed hat of his suspected wife. IIo gave
his horse, q cut and landed beside the woman.
u How did you come by this wrap and that
hat I" he asked.
A fine lady changed init me, She vas in
trnbblcs dink you vas de trubbles."
And 1t was she who got out ut Avenue A p
va"
"pardition"
More as likely dat, vas do name, but she
says holdings aboud it,"
Into tho wagon sprang the man and down
tho street no hew but no gained no clue to the
fugitive. And when he went homo that night
M word of the mornings escapade passed his
lips She was bland and mild us n summons
evening, and this thing has been going on for
n year~- Madam on tho alert. and Monsieur on
tho watch. 1t is not nm open war: II Is an
armed neutrality There was twenty years,
difference between them when they married.
ton years ago. Pop was 40 then. and she 20,
To-day he is 90 and looks every inch Of it,
while she, was in her twenty-nfth year about
six months ago, and will be celebrating her
twenty-fourth birthday next June, or am nc
Judge, of female arithmetic. But there's a
Broadway hat and swell spring wrap going
out daily on an old market woman. who lives
on Avenue c. that fairly cectriiles that region.